Should I drop Zay Flowers for Davante Adams?

Not on these numbers alone. Zay Flowers projects 148 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.8 a game over 10 games) and Davante Adams 148 (14.8 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Zay Flowers over Davante Adams.

Start Davante Adams or Zay Flowers? Week 7

Updated Oct 19, 2:31 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 8 answer posts Tuesday.

Start Zay Flowers over Davante Adams

Start

Zay Flowers

WR · BAL · vs CIN

Market projects: 16.7; recent weeks avg
CIN D vs WR: 29.5; 11th fewest to WRs (2026)
Snap share: 55%; Through Week 6
Target share: 31%; Through Week 6

Sit

Davante Adams

WR · LAR · at LV

Market projects: 14.2; recent weeks avg
LV D vs WR: 32.3; 13th most to WRs (2026)
Snap share: 76%; Through Week 6
Target share: 20%; Through Week 6

Should I drop Davante Adams for Zay Flowers?

Not on these numbers alone. Davante Adams projects 148 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.8 a game over 10 games) and Zay Flowers 148 (14.8 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Zay Flowers over Davante Adams.

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Our Week 7 call

Start Zay Flowers over Davante Adams in Week 7.

Market-based projections have Zay Flowers at 16.7 points and Davante Adams at 14.2, a gap of 2.5. No player market is posted for Zay Flowers this week yet, so his 16.7 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (18.8 and 14.6); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. No player market is posted for Davante Adams this week yet, so his 14.2 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 4 and 5 (14.1 and 14.3); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Zay Flowers at ADP 24 and Davante Adams at 42.

What the market projects

No Week 7 player market is posted for Zay Flowers yet. His market-based projections were 18.8 and 14.6 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 16.7, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

No Week 7 player market is posted for Davante Adams yet. His market-based projections were 14.1 and 14.3 points in Weeks 4 and 5, an average of 14.2, which stands in until his Week 7 market posts.

That puts Zay Flowers 2.5 points ahead of Davante Adams on these projections.

Week 7 matchups

Zay Flowers and BAL host CIN on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

CIN allowed 29.5 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 11th fewest in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 123 yards and a touchdown a game against CIN.

Davante Adams and LAR visit LV on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

LV allowed 32.3 fantasy points a game to WRs this season over 5 games, the 13th most in the league.

Receivers caught passes for 167 yards and a touchdown a game against LV.

By points allowed to the position, Davante Adams has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Zay Flowers is not on the injury report.

Davante Adams is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 7

Through Week 6, Zay Flowers played 55 percent of BAL snaps, drew 31 percent of the targets, earned 35 percent of the air yards and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

Zay Flowers, Week 3 against DAL: 21 of 64 snaps, 1 carry for 20 yards, 6 targets and 5 catches for 84 yards.

Zay Flowers, Week 4 against TEN: 47 of 64 snaps, 10 targets and 8 catches for 118 yards, 1 touchdown.

Zay Flowers, Week 5 against ATL: 62 of 76 snaps, 1 carry for 13 yards, 9 targets and 8 catches for 53 yards.

Zay Flowers, Week 6 against CLE: 1 carry for 1 yards, 11 targets and 6 catches for 66 yards.

Through Week 6, Davante Adams played 76 percent of LAR snaps, drew 20 percent of the targets, earned 37 percent of the air yards and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

Davante Adams, Week 3 against DEN: 71 of 86 snaps, 13 targets and 7 catches for 137 yards.

Davante Adams, Week 4 against PHI: 80 of 84 snaps, 9 targets and 4 catches for 32 yards.

Davante Adams, Week 5 against BUF: 60 of 82 snaps, 7 targets and 5 catches for 51 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Davante Adams, Week 6 against ARI: 4 targets and 3 catches for 39 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Zay Flowers played 17 games for BAL and scored 243.3 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing WR7.

He caught 86 of 118 targets for 1211 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets and 753 air yards.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Davante Adams played 14 games for LAR and scored 222.9 PPR points, 15.9 a game, finishing WR9.

He caught 60 of 114 targets for 789 yards and 14 touchdowns, with 31 red zone targets and 671 air yards.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 7 calls

Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 7, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.

Drop or keep

Should I drop Davante Adams for Zay Flowers?
Not on these numbers alone. Davante Adams projects 148 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.8 a game over 10 games) and Zay Flowers 148 (14.8 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Zay Flowers over Davante Adams.
Should I drop Zay Flowers for Davante Adams?
Not on these numbers alone. Zay Flowers projects 148 market-implied PPR points from Week 7 through Week 17 (14.8 a game over 10 games) and Davante Adams 148 (14.8 a game over 10 games), too close to separate, so the roster spot decides it. For Week 7 the call starts Zay Flowers over Davante Adams.